Description of the Rack iPC Universal and Optimized Motherboard

Rack iPC Universal and Optimized Board Introduction

The Rack iPC Universal and Optimized motherboards are designed with the Intel® Q77/C216 chipsets used for industrial applications that require both performance computing and enhanced power management capabilities.

Board Features

The Intel® Q77/C216 based board provides:

oRich I/O connectivity: Dual GbE LAN via PCIe x1 bus, 2 PCI 32- bit/33 MHz PCI slots, 1 PCIe x16 slot (Gen 3), 1 PCIe x4 slot (Gen 2), 8 USB 2.0 ports and 4 USB 3.0 ports.

oStandard micro ATX form factor with industrial features: The Rack iPC Universal and Optimized use a full featured micro ATX motherboard with balanced expandability and performance.

oWide selection of storage devices: SATA HDD, customers benefit from the flexibility of using the most suitable storage device for larger capacity

oOptimized integrated graphic solution: The Intel® flexible display interface supports versatile display options and a 32-bit 3D graphics engine.

Rack iPC Universal System

The Universal system has:

oCPU processor: Intel® Core i3 2120 3.3 GHz

oBIOS: AMI EFI 64 Mbit/s SPI BIOS

oSystem chipset: Intel® Q77/C216

oSATA hard disk drive interface: Four on-board SATA connectors with data transmission rate up to 300 Mbit, and 2 on-board SATA connectors with data transmission rate up to 600 Mbit

Rack iPC Optimized System

The Optimized system has:

oCPU processor: Intel® Pentium G850 2.9 GHz/Celeron G540 2.5 GHz

oBIOS: AMI EFI 64 Mbit/s SPI BIOS

oSystem chipset: Intel® Q77/C216

oSATA hard disk drive interface: Four on-board SATA connectors with data transmission rate up to 300 Mbit, and 2 on-board SATA connectors with data transmission rate up to 600 Mbit

Memory

RAM: Up to 32 GB in 4 slots 240-pin DIMM sockets. Supports dual-channel DDR3 1333/1600 MHz SDRAM.

The Rack iPC supports either ECC buffered DIMMs or non-ECC unbuffered DIMMs. The Rack iPC does not support both ECC and non-ECC DIMMs in the same configuration.

Input/Output

oPCIe slot: 1 PCIe x16 expansion slot, 1 PCIe x4 expansion slot

oPCI bus: 2 PCI slots, 32-bit/33 MHz PCI 2.2 compliant

oEnhanced parallel port: Configured to LPT1 or disabled. Standard DB-25 female connector cable is an optional accessory. LPT1 supports EPP/SPP/ECP.

oSerial ports on rear panel: RS-232/422/485 with hardware auto-flow control, 4 RS-232, and 1 RS-232 sub-DB9 connectors.

oKeyboard and PS/2 mouse connector: 2 x 6-pin mini-DIN connectors located on the mounting bracket for easy connection to a PS/2 keyboard and mouse.

oUSB port: Supports up to 8 USB 2.0 ports with transmission rates up to 480 Mbps/s and 4 USB 3.0 ports with transmission rates up to 5 Gbps.

oGPIO: Rack iPC Universal and Optimized support 8-bit GPIO from super I/O for general-purpose control applications.

Graphics

oController: Intel® HD graphics

oDisplay memory: 1 GB maximum shared memory when 2 GB or more of system memory is installed

oDVI: Supports DVI up to 1920 x 1200 resolution at 60 Hz refresh rate

oVGA: Supports VGA up to 2048 x 1536 resolution at 75 Hz refresh rate

oLVDS: Supports LVDS up to resolution 1920 x 1200

oDisplay port: Supports a maximum resolution of 2560 x 1600 at 60 Hz

oeDP: Supports a maximum resolution of 1920 x 1200 at 60 Hz

oTriple display: VGA+eDP (or LVDS)+DP, VGA+eDP(or LVDS)+DVI, VGA+DP+DVI

oDual display: VGA+eDP (or LVDS), VGA+DVI, eDP(or LVDS)+DVI, VGA+DP, DP+ DVI, LVDS+DP

Ethernet LAN

oSupports dual 10/100/1000 Mbps/s Ethernet ports via PCI express x 1 bus which provides 500 MB/s data transmission rate.

oController: LAN1: Intel® 82579LM; LAN2: Intel® 82583 V

Industrial Features

oWatchdog timer: Used to generate a system reset. The watchdog timer is programmable, with each unit equal to 1 second or 1 minute (255 levels)

Board Features and Board Layout

The figure shows Universal and Optimized board layout, jumper, and connector locations:

 

 

The table lists the Rack iPC Universal and Optimized jumpers and their function:

The table lists the Rack iPC Universal and Optimized connectors and their function:

Block Diagram

The figure shows the block diagram of the Universal and Optimized motherboards: